News List | HEC Paris

August 2026

Executive Education

“Success Tells You Something. Failure Tells You Too Many Things”. Vincent Fraitot on AI Transformation

By some estimates, more than 80% of AI projects fail to deliver the value expected of them. For Vincent Fraitot, those failures explain very little: it is the successes that are readable, and what they reveal goes well beyond technology. The HEC Paris professor on what it takes to scale an AI ...

Aug 24, 2026

July 2026

Family Business

Family Business Voices Challenge: HEC Summer School Students Turn the Camera on Their Own Family Stories

This June, the Family Business Center welcomed two cohorts of HEC Paris Summer School participants and launched the Family Business Voices Challenge, inviting students to interview their own family business and uncover the pivotal moments, and sometimes the hard calls, that shaped its story.

Jul 30, 2026

Executive MBA

Sandrine Wamy's Path to General Management

"The program transformed my leadership, changed the way I work, and equipped me with tools that I continue to use every day. It wasn't just about learning—it was about creating immediate impact in my organization."

Jul 28, 2026

The School

HEC Paris Launches the Wisdom Frontiers Entrepreneur Program in Beijing

On 26 June, HEC Paris officially launched the HEC Paris Wisdom Frontiers Entrepreneur Program (WFEP) in Beijing, marking the beginning of a new Executive Education initiative designed for a select cohort of Chinese entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Jul 09, 2026

Rodolphe Durand, seated with a microphone, speaks and gestures during a panel discussion

Executive Education

Purpose Has No Effect on Performance Until You Do This

Companies rush to define their purpose, sure it will fire up their teams and lift results. Rodolphe Durand has spent ten years checking whether that was true. Few people are better placed to know: he holds the Joly Family Chair in Purposeful Leadership at HEC Paris, runs its Purpose Center, and has ...

Jul 09, 2026

Faculty & Research

Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini's research on Design as a driver of transformation and innovation awarded

Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini, Associate Professor in Innovation at HEC Paris, has been awarded the 2026 SYNTEC Conseil–FNEGE Academic “Coup de Cœur” Prize, which recognizes the best research article in management.

Jul 08, 2026

Junko Adachi HEC Paris Japon Légion d'honneur

The School

Junko Adachi Awarded the Legion of Honor

On June 22, Junko Adachi, HEC Paris’s representative in Japan, was promoted to the rank of Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. This distinction recognizes her decades of commitment to fostering closer ties between France and Japan, particularly in the fields of higher education and ...

Jul 03, 2026

Executive Education

How Radisha Silva broke her own ceiling

Trust gets you in the room. It does not make you indispensable once the room gets more technical than you are. Radisha Silva, VP at J.P. Morgan in Geneva, saw that gap coming and went back to school to close it.

Jul 03, 2026

Collage of graduation photos in the MBA program in 2026

MBA

The MBA That Changed More Than Careers

The HEC Paris MBA Class of 2026 gathered on campus to celebrate the culmination of an extraordinary journey marked by academic achievement, personal growth, and lasting friendships. For graduates representing dozens of nationalities and professional backgrounds, commencement was both a moment of ...

Jul 01, 2026

June 2026

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

Shattered or Reshaping? HEC Paris Explores How Firms Can Navigate a Fractured Global Order

As geopolitical tensions reshape trade, technology and global value chains, companies are being forced to rethink how they assess risk and make strategic decisions. At the second edition of Shattered or Reshaping? Firms in a Fractured Global Order, HEC Paris and IRSEM brought together scholars ...

Jun 30, 2026